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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Yes, but ‘killing them only makes their movement stronger’ turns out to not be true about religious fanatics. Communities eventually run out of fanatical young dudes who are wiling to kill and die in the hopes of reaching heaven. And zap enough of the political leadership and intelligent people start to think twice about taking on a job with a 70 per cent fatality rate. It doesn’t address the root issues driving a fanatical movement, but it does hurt the organization enough that it can take a decade or more to recover.
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I think agressively attacking funding structures and cutting off money is probably the cause rather than killing them but more info would be required to establish a causal nature.